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John Darnielle

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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for Wolf in White Van.

Plot structure labels used: reverse chronology, nonlinear narrative, fragmented narrative, memory-driven, slow reveal, withheld answers, puzzle structure, two timelines, backward unraveling, unresolved ending

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Cover of Ultrasound by Conor Stechschulte

Ultrasound

Conor Stechschulte · 2022 · Generous Bosom

A stranded traveler accepts help from a strange couple, then tumbles into a mind-bending web of memory, control, and conspiracy.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0803

Cover of The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh

The Calcutta Chromosome

Amitav Ghosh · 2001

A time-shifting mystery links malaria research, colonial India, and a secretive theory of how knowledge is found.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0740

Cover of Everyone We've Been by Sarah Everett

Everyone We've Been

Sarah Everett · 2016

After an accident, a teen violinist loses memories and sees an invisible boy, leading her into a buried secret about her past.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0778

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A.D.: After Death

Scott Snyder · 2017 · A.D. After Death

In a post-death future, a man’s search for truth forces him to question immortality, memory, and identity.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0798

Cover of Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Agents of Dreamland

Caitlín R. Kiernan · 2017 · Tinfoil Dossier

A burned-out agent, a time-shifting woman, and a desert cult are pulled into a cosmic threat from beyond Pluto.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0809

Cover of Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks

Use of Weapons

Iain M. Banks · 1992 · Culture

A Culture agent is sent on a mission, while a reversed past slowly reveals the trauma and identity behind him.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0823

Cover of Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Walking to Aldebaran

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2019 · Terrible Worlds: Destinations

A stranded astronaut wanders a physics-breaking alien labyrinth, recounting how the mission went wrong as dread builds.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0844

Cover of How It Unfolds by James S.A. Corey

How It Unfolds

James S.A. Corey · 2023 · The Far Reaches

A cloned astronaut on an interstellar colonization mission faces repeated second chances—and one unresolved past.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0846

Cover of Caine's Law by Matthew Woodring Stover

Caine's Law

Matthew Woodring Stover · 2012 · The Acts of Caine

A battered assassin is dragged into a reality-bending, god-warped final gamble that could remake everything.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.0860